Dvividhopakramaniya Adhyaya: Vagbhata Calls Treatment Two-Fold in the Ashtanga Hridaya, Then Breaks His Own Pair Five Times

The short version The fourteenth chapter of the Sutrasthana of the Ashtanga Hridaya is called Dvividhopakramaniya Adhyaya — the chapter...

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Dhatu Mala and Ojas in the Bhavaprakasha: What Every Tissue Throws Away, and the One Round That Throws Away Nothing

The short version The Bhavaprakasha spends several pages of its Purva Khanda on how one dhatu becomes the next. Far...

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Vajikarana in the Charaka Samhita (Chikitsa Sthana, Chapter 2): The Classical Science of Shukra Dhatu, Vrishya Herbs and Vitality

Quick Summary Right after the chapter on rejuvenation, the Charaka Samhita places a whole chapter on vitality and virility —...

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